1908: WHITE STEAMER AMBULANCE

  

The White Steamers were a popular ambulances among the municipal hospitals operated by the Department of Public Charities serving Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, as well as the Bellevue and Allied Hospitals serving Manhattan and the Bronx. Below are photographs and advertisements of the ambulances in use.

     

   

   

Submitted to NEMSM January 2010 by Mark Peck, EMT-P; Photos courtesy of The Coney Island Ambulance Station